Chinese symbol for “eggshell”
蛋壳
dàn ké
Traditional: 蛋殼
eggshell
The closest CC-CEDICT match for eggshell is 蛋壳 (dàn ké), defined as: eggshell.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “eggshell”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蛋壳.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蛋糕 | dàn gāo | cake; 块 (kuài),个 (gè) |
| 鸡蛋 (雞蛋) | jī dàn | (chicken) egg; hen's egg |
| 笨蛋 | bèn dàn | (mild insult) fool; idiot; (playful) silly person |
| 蛋白质 (蛋白質) | dàn bái zhì | protein |
| 蛋白 | dàn bái | egg white; protein |
| 混蛋 | hún dàn | scoundrel; bastard |
| 外壳 (外殼) | wài ké | envelope; outer shell |
| 贝壳 (貝殼) | bèi ké | shell (of a mollusk) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “eggshell”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.